Here’s a science-inspired and reflective tool to uncover the hidden emotional labor you do before you even say a single word.

Everyone expends emotional labor to some degree, but it affects certain types of people more than others. How much energy do you and your people spend showing emotions? Or, on hiding them? For example ...

When you stop carrying all the emotional labor, you see whether your partner steps up. Stepping back reveals if a relationship is mutual or maintained by you alone.

Emotional labor is the invisible work of managing a relationship alone. When one partner carries it all, resentment grows and ...

While research has found mothers do more in all four stages of cognitive labour, there was one stage where men were more ...

Emotional labor is the work that underpins our lives. It's the thought and care that goes into everything, from what meals to make to what discipline style to use to deciding the best time to have a ...

Emotional labor keeps teams stable but rarely gets recognized. When the same people absorb tension and mediate conflict it becomes an invisible burden leaders overlook.

This episode was originally published on May 5th, 2018. Remembering the grocery list, coordinating with the babysitter, making food for the potluck, scheduling a get-together with the in-laws: These ...

You remember everyone’s birthdays, manage the social calendar, notice when household supplies are running low, and somehow always know exactly how your partner is feeling and what they need. Meanwhile ...